In amino acids, the carboxyl group acts as an acid.
Answer: Option B
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Explanation:
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The molecular formula of the carboxyl group is -COOH. It is composed of one carbon atom bonded with oxygen atom and hydroxyl group.
During ionization process, it leads to the formation of two ions namely a positive ion called 
, whereas a negative ion called 
. Due to the formation of ions, which is nothing but a proton, the carboxyl group present in the amino acid act as an acid.
Answer:
The given statement is true.
Explanation:
Genome is not a steady entity, it is exposed to various kinds of heritable modifications, a sudden and heritable modification in the arrangement of the genome in an organism, which produces different forms of any gene is called mutation.
The mutations provide the raw material for genetic evolution, mutation leads to the generation of alleles, in the absence of mutation all the genes would prevail only in one form, and the organism would lose to the tendency to evolve and amend with the changing environments.
